03 July - Thomas is a Jew from Galilee and one of Jesus' twelve apostles. He doubts the resurrection of Jesus Christ, making him the symbol of religious unbelief. But it is his disbelief that gives him a unique place in the account of Jesus' apparitions.

02 July - Martinian of Rome is a Roman soldier assigned to guard the inmates of the Mamertine prison in Rome, together with Proces . They are particularly responsible for watching over St. Peter and St. Paul, according to tradition.

01 July - Saint Thierry or Thierry du Mont d'Hor was the son of Lord Marcard, a famous highwayman. He would have been born in the 5th century or at the very beginning of the 6th century and would have died around 533. On his wedding day, he discovered that he had a monastic vocation.

30 June - Martial of Limoges or Saint Martial, also called the Apostle of the Gauls or the Apostle of Aquitaine, is according to tradition the first bishop of Limoges. Founder of the Church of Aquitaine, he is the eponymous patron saint of many towns, villages and places of Catholic worship, the most famous of which is the Abbey of Saint-Martial de Limoges. His cult also remains very popular in Limousin.

June 29 - Saints Peter and Paul were two of the apostles. They cannot be compared, but they both had a communion of life in faith and were imprisoned for preaching the Gospel. Peter represented Christ in the leadership of the Church, while Paul was tireless in spreading the faith among the Greeks and Romans.

28 June - For the most part, the information available on Irenaeus' life comes from his own works. Of Greek culture and language, Irenaeus was born in Smyrna in Asia Minor around 120 or 130, of Greek and Christian parents. He testifies to having known Saint Polycarp, who himself is said to have received the imposition of the hands of the apostle John.

27 June - Cyril of Alexandria, born in 376, is Bishop of Alexandria in 412 and dies on 27 June 444. He is also, since the proclamation of Pope Leo XIII in 1882, Father and Doctor of the Catholic Church.

26 June - Paul and John are brothers of great prestige in ancient Rome. They are respectively presented as the butler and the primiciary of St. Constance, daughter of Emperor Constantine.

June 25 - Prosper was born in Aquitaine around 390 and seems to have studied in Marseille, where he is now at the end of the 420s, at the very moment when Jean Cassien and his monks give birth, in reaction to the last Augustinian writings on grace, to what will be called at the end of the 16th century "Semipelagianism".

June 24 - Saint John the Baptist or John the Baptist is the prophet of the Most High who announced the coming of Jesus as the Lamb of God. He also baptized Jesus on the banks of the Jordan River, hence his name Baptist because he baptized. He is the forerunner of the Messiah.

23 June - Joseph Cafasso was born in 1811 in Castelnuovo d'Asti, in Piedmont, then annexed to France. He is the third of the four children of Jean Cafasso and Orsola Beltramo. His younger sister is Marianna, Joseph Allamano's future mother. Suffering from a malformation of the spine, he is small in stature, and remains crippled all his life.

22 June - Born as Pontius Meropius Anicius, he was part of one of the wealthiest families in Bordeaux. His tutor was the poet Ausone. He was consul suffect in 379. Like St. Ambrose of Milan, he passed from a political career to an ecclesiastical vocation.

Diocese of Miarinarivo

Pope Francis has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, presented by H.E. Mgr Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. At the same time, the Supreme Pontiff has appointed H.E. Mgr Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina, as Apostolic Admnistrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same Diocese.

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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